Long lost songs


This is a discussion on songs or versions we've heard maybe just once on the radio and spent years searching for. Anything you knew existed, but couldn't find.

For instance, about 1972 I was lying in bed listening to the local progressive rock station (WNEW) as I was falling asleep. On come a great R&B song with a line something like "Before I Die I want to be the kind of man you want me to be". The DJ never announced the title or artist that I could hear. Never heard it again. Years later I heard "She's Gone" by Hall and Oats and figured it was them. Nope. Continued to search on and off for decades, employing new technology as it became available.

Early this year, while searching for something totally different on SecondHandSongs I came across "When I Die" by Mother Lode. Bingo! Joy, joy, joy! Found the CD on Amazon, (only format available) Love It. Most of the rest of their songs are weird but "When I Die" is almost as good as my memory had made 'Before I Die'.

Another example is versions. There are some song that I love that have very different interpretations by various artists. "Hey Joe" and "Morning Dew" are two. I like to collect those versions. Long ago I heard a version of "Morning Dew" sung by a guy with a very unique voice. It had a mesmerizing rhythm guitar line that got into my brain. I never forgot it, because the girl I was with turned out to be a nymphomaniac. What a night!

Using   SecondHandSongs agin, I found Long John Baldry on his self-titled album on EMI. What a crystal clear LP! He's recorded several fine versions of the song, but this is THE one with that guitar line. Highly recommended.

I am sure many of you have similar tales and can relate to the elation I felt on finding something I'd been searching for for decades. Let's hear them.
2channel8
Wow! That's quite an all-star band behind Ms. Harris, too.

Telstar was a huge hit in my home town. A lot of the work on it was done at Bell Labs Murray Hill in New Providence NJ, the largest employer in town. My Grandfather had an award for his participation.
Grew up in Central NJ.  Somerville until Bridgewater got a post office.  I take it you are talking satellite and not production work on the single!  I remember my pop taking me outside at night and trying to help me spot the thing.  Supposedly visible...a little moving dot of light (or so I seem to recall).  Not sure I ever really saw it.

re ELH's band...well, yeah!  aka The Hot Band.
Glad to help w/Water's Edge.  I have the American Standard cd.

My own lost song story goes back to college days at Cal Poly.  I used to hear this looong song late at night on the campus FM station.  For 30 years I wondered about that song until one day on this forum someone started a thread about songs with long lyrics.  One of the posters mentioned The Legend of the U.S.S. Titanic.  I hunted it down (by Jaime Brockett) and it has brought back some great memories.  I still can't imagine remembering that long of a song for a live performance.

Bill
@wbs   I bought That Jaime Brockett album when I was at George Washington in DC. We used to alter our neurologic conditions and try to sing along. I put it on the table a few months back and realized that there is some good songwriting and musicianship on that LP.

@ghosthouse  I works at Somerset Medical Center for 6 years.

Geeze, guys. It seems we all have a lot in common. I wish we had a bigger following.
Too funny, 2channel -
Was born there and worked part time in the lab there during the ’70s.

BTW - I think I had my satellites confused. That was probably Echo 1 that would have been visible to the naked eye.

Anyone here know Crabby Appleton? I remember hearing a killer song by them in 1970/71. It possibly got some airplay on WMMR but I can’t seem to find it (or at least, recognize it) in the CA tracks that are on You Tube. Ring any bells for anyone?

Does that Titanic song have any relation to the Titanic-themed song Dylan included on Tempest?